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Lot # 217
A. Albinus Sp.f. AR Denarius, 96 BC. Obv. Diademed and draped bust of Diana right, bow and quiver on shoulder; below, ROMA. Rev. Three horsemen galloping left; before, fallen warrior; in exergue, A. ALBINVS S.F. Cr. 335/9. B. 4. AR. 3.92 g. 21.00 mm. Full weight. Scarce and unusually struck on a very broad flan and complete. Metal flaw on reverse. Good VF. The gash across the reverse surface is an 'adjustment al marco'. (C. Stannard 'The adjustment al marco of the weight of Roman Republican denarii blanks by gouging' in 'Metallurgy in numismatics vol 3' Royal Numismatic Society, 1993).